Eric Dennis had two main goals for his senior season – helping his team to get back the respect he felt they had lost over the past few seasons and helping his head coach, Buck Godfrey, capture a state championship.

He felt one of the two was accomplished this year, however Southwest DeKalb (6-4 regular season record) lost in the second round of the 7-AAAAA playoffs last Friday and thus fell short of the state championship aspirations.